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The Shadowy Third, and Other StoriesWhen the call came I remember that I turned from the telephone in a romantic flutter. Though I had spoken only once to the great surgeon, Roland Maradick, I felt on that December afternoon that to speak to him...

The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy, March 1912 - New Series No. 51No person who is not an official visitor of the prison, or who has not a written permission, according to such rules as the Inspectors may adopt as aforesaid, shall be...

Sketches in DunelandIn the dune region that extends along the wild coasts of Lake Michigan, and in the back country contiguous to it, is a land of allurement. The strange human characters, whose little drift-wood shanties are scattered along the shore, and among the...

Young Jack Harkaway Fighting the Pirates of the Red SeaThe cavernous jaws opened wide. There was a hissing sound like a locomotive blowing off steam. Now Harry saw his chance. He was not slow in taking it. Extracting two dynamite shells from his coat...

The Last Crusade"Well, Julius was sure as hell a lot closer to the truth than those others," I tell him. We was sitting in the mud in what's left of some big building and me and Joe White was listening to Marty, our Sergeant,...

Dreamtown, U.S.A.Here is another look at the America of tomorrowby a Wilkes College sophomore, winner of the 3rd prize in IF's College Science Fiction Contest.... An America in which there is no more school, no more art, no more enterprise, no more intellectual pursuita...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Mrs. Henry Wood You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the electronic work is discovered and reported to you...

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Stanley J. Weyman . . . she came presently to me with a bowl of broth in her hands and a timid smile on her lips. . . . with her own hands she drove the nail.......

The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic - An Introduction to the Study of the Religion of the RomansThere are three ways in which the course of the year may be calculated. It can be reckoned 1. By the revolution of the...

Pogonologia; Or, A Philosophical and Historical Essay on BeardsWHATEVER concerns the manners and customs of a people, says Rollin, shews their genius and character; and this is what may be called the soul of history. I am led to think, that a picture of...

The Cadets of Flemming HallFrom the days of Tom Brown at Rugby to his more modern brothers, the American New Senior at Andover, and the French Straight On, stories of boy school life have gone on multiplying and still the tale is not all...

Burgess Unabridged: A new dictionary of words you have always neededYes, I have written a dictionary. Worcester and Webster are all right in their way, and Stormuth will do very well for Englishmenbut theyre not up to date. Mrs. Centurys book is a bit...

The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1010, May 6, 1899Ive just been telling Effie that we must do something to cheer her up and put heart into her. Shes got the summer before her now, and shes getting stronger. We cant let her...

Outdoor Life and Indian Stories - Making open air life attractive to young Americans by telling them all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars, fishing, camping, camp cooking, how to tie knots and how to make fire without matches, and many other fascinating...

The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, No. 04 (April 1891)The frontispiece we are enabled to give this month is penned in what may be termed pictorial hieroglyphics by Sir Edwin Landseer. The letter was addressed to Charles George Lewis, the celebrated engraver. The first house...

Memoirs of an American Lady - With Sketches of Manners and Scenery in America, as They Existed Previous to the RevolutionDEAR SIR, Others as well as you have expressed a wish to see a memoir of my earliest and most valued friend. To gratify...

ArkielämääLapset veneineen olivat kulkeneet etlle kodista. He soutelivat nyt hitaasti pitkin Braxenlahden tyynt vedenpintaa. Ei nkynyt jlkekn ihmisasunnoista. Lahtea varjostivat lehtevt rannat ja salmi, joka johti siihen varsinaisesta Lngsj-jrvest, oli niin kapea ja kiemurteleva, ett sit oli vaikea huomata. Sisarukset olivat iknkuin eroitetut maailmasta....

The Church, the Falling Away, and the RestorationAn effort is made in the following pages to set forth what the New Testament church was when it came into the world through the preaching of inspired men; how it was led into apostasy; and an...

Harper's Round Table, August 11, 1896"My!" exclaimed Bryce Gordon, with a deep sigh, as he softly closed the Greek history over which he had been intently poring for the last fifteen minutes, "I want to go and see that place some time." "The Pass...

The story of CoventryIn preparing this volume for the press I have omitted some of the matter in Life in an Old English Town, which did not seem suitable for this series, and added fresh material likely to be useful to those who wished...